Jim Perry
James Evan Perry Jr.
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 30, 1935 in Williamston, NC
High School: Williamston (Williamston, NC)
School: Campbell University
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1959
Final Game: August 5, 1975
Relatives: Brother of Gaylord Perry
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1959 CLE AL 23 P 44 13 153.0 36 12 24 0 1 1.000 2.12 0.82 .953 2.05 0.85 RoY-2
1960 CLE AL 24 P 41 36 261.1 65 23 40 2 4 .969 2.17 1.54 .968 1.96 0.78 MVP-21
1961 CLE AL 25 P 35 35 223.2 59 17 37 5 5 .915 2.17 1.54 .956 2.05 0.83 AS
1962 CLE AL 26 P 35 27 193.2 52 12 39 1 3 .981 2.37 1.46 .958 2.08 0.79
1963 TOT AL 27 P 40 25 178.2 40 8 30 2 1 .950 1.91 0.95 .955 1.99 0.79
1963 CLE AL 27 P 5 0 10.1 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.74 0.40 .950 2.00 0.80
1963 MIN AL 27 P 35 25 168.1 38 8 28 2 1 .947 1.92 1.03 .955 1.99 0.79
1964 MIN AL 28 P 42 1 65.1 12 3 9 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.29 .958 1.90 0.72
1965 MIN AL 29 P 36 19 167.2 34 7 26 1 3 .971 1.77 0.92 .950 2.04 0.75
1966 MIN AL 30 P 33 25 184.0 32 9 22 1 0 .969 1.52 0.94 .950 1.99 0.75
1967 MIN AL 31 P 37 11 130.2 20 4 15 1 2 .950 1.31 0.51 .955 1.96 0.74
1968 MIN AL 32 P 32 18 139.0 39 10 26 3 1 .923 2.33 1.13 .959 1.89 0.73
1969 MIN AL 33 P 46 36 261.2 44 12 31 1 3 .977 1.48 0.93 .950 1.88 0.69 CYA-3,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 P 40 40 278.2 59 11 47 1 0 .983 1.87 1.45 .949 1.86 0.67 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 LF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1970 MIN AL 34 OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80 AS,CYA-1,MVP-9
1971 MIN AL 35 P 40 39 270.0 61 17 44 0 4 1.000 2.03 1.53 .956 1.98 0.77 AS
1972 MIN AL 36 P 35 35 217.2 55 21 28 6 3 .891 2.03 1.40 .953 1.86 0.75
1973 DET AL 37 P 35 34 203.0 48 12 33 3 1 .938 2.00 1.29 .952 1.86 0.86
1974 CLE AL 38 P 36 36 252.0 51 7 42 2 1 .961 1.75 1.36 .947 1.81 0.83
1975 TOT AL 39 P 23 17 105.4 19 6 13 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.83 .937 1.87 0.85
1975 CLE AL 39 P 8 6 37.2 10 3 7 0 1 1.000 2.39 1.25 .940 1.86 0.85
1975 OAK AL 39 P 15 11 67.2 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.60 .933 1.88 0.85
17 Seasons P 630 447 3285.1 726 191 506 29 33 .960 1.91 1.11 .954 1.94 0.77
1 Season LF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.50
1 Season OF 1 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.80
17 Seasons TOT 631 448 3285.1 726 191 506 29 33 .960 1.91 1.10 .914 1.94 0.77
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1959 CLE AL 23 44 13 44 44 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 CLE AL 24 42 36 42 42 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 CLE AL 25 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 CLE AL 26 35 27 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 MIN AL 27 35 25 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 CLE AL 27 5 0 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 MIN AL 28 42 1 42 42 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 MIN AL 29 36 19 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 MIN AL 30 33 25 33 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 MIN AL 31 39 11 39 39 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1968 MIN AL 32 32 18 32 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 MIN AL 33 47 36 47 47 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1970 MIN AL 34 41 41 41 41 40 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
1971 MIN AL 35 40 39 40 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MIN AL 36 35 35 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 DET AL 37 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 CLE AL 38 36 0 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 OAK AL 39 15 0 1 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 39 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
17 Seasons 635 361 542 635 630 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 4
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1959 CLE AL 23 638 79% 24% 23 87% 0 14 2 12 22 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1960 CLE AL 24 1125 81% 23% 40 90% 0 22 1 20 39 26 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 4 4 0 6 83%
1961 CLE AL 25 994 81% 24% 49 78% 1 16 2 12 37 28 3 5 1 1 3 2 5 3 4 1 6 83%
1962 CLE AL 26 838 84% 27% 40 93% 0 12 1 8 37 27 7 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 3 0 5 100%
1963 MIN AL 27 738 83% 24% 30 90% 0 8 0 7 28 22 5 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 2 100%
1963 CLE AL 27 48 81% 21% 3 67% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1964 MIN AL 28 291 73% 20% 11 82% 0 3 0 2 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 67%
1965 MIN AL 29 694 80% 26% 27 96% 0 6 0 3 28 23 2 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 2 1 2 100%
1966 MIN AL 30 764 76% 21% 23 83% 0 9 0 7 20 16 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1967 MIN AL 31 565 74% 22% 21 90% 1 4 1 2 18 10 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 67%
1968 MIN AL 32 568 82% 25% 33 82% 1 10 0 8 26 20 0 3 0 1 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 75%
1969 MIN AL 33 1100 79% 27% 37 92% 0 12 1 8 32 24 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 3 0 2 100%
1970 MIN AL 34 1170 80% 25% 45 96% 0 11 1 8 46 39 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1971 MIN AL 35 1176 80% 25% 48 96% 1 16 1 12 45 33 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 4 0 8 75%
1972 MIN AL 36 914 83% 27% 42 81% 1 22 3 15 31 25 3 6 0 3 3 3 3 2 2 1 12 58%
1973 DET AL 37 887 86% 27% 35 91% 0 11 3 7 32 27 1 3 0 0 3 0 2 0 0 2 2 100%
1974 CLE AL 38 1068 87% 31% 46 98% 1 7 2 5 43 37 2 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 7 86%
1975 OAK AL 39 308 79% 19% 6 100% 0 3 0 2 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 39 179 84% 25% 7 100% 0 3 0 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 2 100%
17 Seasons 14065 81% 25% 566 90% 6 189 18 140 508 395 50 29 2 9 18 11 34 24 29 5 78 82%
MLB Averages 77% 27% 90% 84%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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